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I Will Trust Thee

Representative Text

1 I will trust thee, loving Savior,
With the pathway I shall tread;
Let it be with glory showered
Or with dimness overspread.

Chorus:
Simply trusting in my Savior,
I repose upon his breast;
Simply trusting in my Savior,
What he does for me is best.

2 In life’s morning I will trust thee,
Be my Counsellor in youth.
Help me triumph in each conflict,
Girded with the sword of truth. [Chorus]

3 In the tempest I will trust thee,
Only wilt thou near me stand;
Should the billows overwhelm me,
Reach me then thy gracious hand. [Chorus]

4 In the darkness I will trust thee,
Speak and show thy wondrous pow’r;
Or when shadows all have vanished,
Still I’ll trust thee ev’ry hour. [Chorus]

5 Choose my way, nor let me wander
From the place thou’dst have me fill;
Not the way which seems the fairest,
But the way of thy sweet will. [Chorus]

Source: Junior Hymns: prepared for the Sunday School and for Religious Meetings of Children and Young People Generally #131

Author: Clara McAlister Brooks

Birth: Oct. 9, 1882, Parke County, Indiana, USA Death: Mar. 20, 1980, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA Clara McAlister Brooks was one of our early songwriters and four of her pieces are in the current hymnal. From the earliest days of the movement we have had women prominent in all forms of our ministry—missionaries, evangelists, teachers, pastors, and God has honored their sacrificial labors. For that reason we can stand in amazement when here, in the 1970s, such old-line denominations as the Episcopal church are being racked with controversy over whether the ordination of women is permissible. But before we gather Pharisaic robes about ourselves, perhaps we need to look candidly at the way in which we, too, succumbed to so… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I will trust Thee, loving Savior
Title: I Will Trust Thee
Author: Clara McAlister Brooks (1914)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Simply trusting in my Savior
Copyright: Public Domain

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